Adjustable comfort cow stall



Dec. 11, 1951 C, SCHILLINGER 2,578,093

ADJUSTABLE COMFORT COW STALL Filed Sept. 1, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET l IN VEN TOR. CHQlSTIAN SQHILLJMGER vflm Dec. 11, 1951 chsCHlLLl NGER ADJUSTABLE COMFORT COW STALL 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Filed Sept. 1, 1950 INVENTOR. Cums-HAM SCHlLUNGEQ 'WZ'dM/Z ATTOQMEYS Patented Dec. 11, 1951 ADJUSTABLE COMFORT COW STALL Christian Schillinger, Hazelton, Pa. Application September 1, 1950, Serial No. 182,783

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in stalls for use in diary barns, and more particularly to an improved adjustable cow stall device adapted to maintain a cow in proper position in its stall.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved adjustable cow stall device which is very simple in construction, which involves only a few parts, and which is adapted to more comfortably fit a cow in the stall and keep the cow in alignment with the litter trough of the stall than the devices heretofore employed for this purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved adjustable stanchion device for use in cow stalls, the device being readily adjustable to fit cows of difierent sizes, which is more comfortable for the cow than the devices heretofore employed for this purpose, which provides greater ease for the cow in getting up and lying down, which assists in keeping the cow in proper position without unduly crowding the cow, and which results in keeping the cow cleaner than in the stalls heretofore employed for this purpose.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a cow stall equipped with an improved adjustable stanchion device in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken through a cow stall similar to that shown in Figure 1, showing the improved stanchion device in rear end elevation;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken through the stall of Figure 1, and showing the improved stanchion device in side elevation;

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view taken on line 55 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, H designates the floor of a conventional stall, the floor being formed respectively with the depression l2 for feed, with the intermediate depression !3 in which a cow is adapted to be positioned, and with the litter trough I4 located rearwardly of the intermediate depression l3. Designated generally at I5 is a stanchion device comprising a frontal member which is of inverted U- shape, shown at l6, whose lower ends are secured in vertical sleeve members [1, I1 em- 2 bedded in the ridge or barrier 13 defined between the depressions l2 and I3. Designated at 19 and 20 are respective horizontal rail members secured to the-upper portions of the legs of the frontal member I6, as shown, the rail l9 being connected to the next adjacent member IE on one side of the stanchion device and the rail member 20 being connected to the frontal member l6 on the opposite side of the stanchion device. Connected to the rail members I9 and 23 are respective sinuously curved barrier members 2| and 22 which define the sides of the stall and which are rigidly secured in vertical sleeve members 24 and 25, as shown. Where the depression l3 extends for a plurality of stalls, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the outside sleeve member 24 of the end stall may be embedded in a side ridge 23 and the sleeve member 25 may be embedded in the floor of the depression l3. As shown in Figure 3, the rear portions of the side barrier members 2| and 22 terminate in vertical, upstanding elements, as shown at 25 and 21, which are secured in the respective sleeves 25 and. 24.

Designated at 28 is a V-shaped yoke member which is pivotally secured at its ends to the respective side arms of the frontal member l6, designated at 29 and 30. Adjustably secured on each of the side arms 29 and 3|] are clamping collars comprising segments 3! and 32 embracing the side arms and connected by respective bolts 33 extending through flanges formed on the segments 3| and 32, shown at 34 and 35. The opposite ends of the segments 3| and 32 are formed with respective arms 36 and 3'! between which are received the ends of the yoke member 28, said ends being secured to the arms 36 and 3'! by transverse bolts 38. It will be readily apparent that the positions of the collar members defined by the segments 31 and 32 may be readily adjusted vertically on the side arms 29 and 30, and that said collar members may be locked in adjusted positions by tightening the bolts 33.

The apex of the yoke 28 is formed with the parallel lugs 39 and 40, and pivotally secured between said lugs by a transverse bolt 4! is the end of a link bar 42. The link bar 42 is formed with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures 43. The mid-portion of the top arm of the frontal member I6 is formed with upstanding parallel lugs 44 and 45 between which the link bar 42 is adapted to be received and to be secured by a bolt 46 extending through the lugs 44 and 45 and through a selected aperture 43.

In view of the provision of the plurality of apertures 43, it is possible to secure the link bar at any desired aperture 43, whereby the yoke 28 may be fastened in a desired position of inclination with respect to the plane of the frontal member I6. It will thus be seen that the yoke member 28 may be secured in any one of a wide range of adjusted vertical and angled positions with respect to the frontal member IS, in accordance with various sizes of cows to be accommodated in the stall. As shown in Figure 1, a cow is positioned in the stall with its neck extending beneath the yoke member 28, the chain 47 around the neck of the cow being fastened by means of respective chains 48 and 49 to the side arms 29 and 30 of the frontal member l6. As shown in Figure 1, the connections of the chains 48 and 49 to the side arms 29 and 30 permit free vertical movement of the chains 48 and 49 and permit the cow to freely lie down or rise. The position of the yoke member 28, however, limits the movement of the cow and prevents the cow from becoming substantially misaligned with respect to the stall, and particularly with respect to the rear litter trough [4. Since the yoke member 28 is adjustable, as above described, a wide-range ofsizes of cows may be accommodated in the stall and their positions closely controlled.

While a specific embodiment of an improved stanchion device for cow stalls has been dis closed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the .spirit ofthe invention may occur to those skilled stanchion frame of inverted U shape adapted to receive the neck and shoulders of a cow thereunder, means securing the stanchion frame in upright position, an inverted V-shaped yoke member pivoted at its lower ends to the respective sides of the stanchion frame, a link bar pivoted to the top of the yoke member, and

necting the respective ends of the yoke member to the respective clamping collars for rotation about a pivot paralleling the plane of the frame, a link bar pivoted to the top of the yoke member, and means adjustably securing said link bar to the top of the stanchion frame.

3. In a stall of the character described, a stanchion frame of inverted U-shape adapted to receive the neck and shoulders of a cow thereunder, means securing the stanchion frame in upright position, a yoke member, respective clamping collars adjustably secured to the sides of the stanchion frame, means pivotally connecting the respective ends of the yoke member to the respective clamping collars for rotation about a pivot parallel to the plane of the frame, a link bar pivoted to the top of the yoke member, a pair of upstanding apertured lugs on the top of said stanchion frame, said link bar being receivable between said lugs and being formed with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures, and bolt means connecting the upstanding lugs to the link bar, said bolt means being receivable in any one of the apertures of said link bar.

CHRISTIAN SCHILLINGER.

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